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@brandon32689, I'll second/third the suggestion to use an authorized dealer like Marina. I decided to return they Evo that they sold me and they issued a refund.

Testing with the flow gauge pretty much confirms the wheel-revolution method of setting pump speed, The flow gauge is a little more permissive than the wheel test, which says to aim for 16-18 rpm. 2000 rpm on pump shows "minimum" on flow gauge with clean skimmer, about 14 rpm on Rebel. 2200 rpm...

Hose-out-of-water test along entire length yielded no sucking sounds. Moved the float even further up (36" from cleaner) and it did not go into the shallow end as much, so put it back at 25". My Craigslist seller found the 41200-0212 flow gauge and some other pieces in "a bag of parts we...

I am not a good enough swimmer to chase that thing around while it's working lol. Fortunately the instructions say to count revolutions while holding it just below the surface. I'll see if I can do a more thorough leak check. Thinking about the flow check thing.

@Dirk, thanks for al your time and thoughts. Modifying the wheels could help. I think it was the local pool store guy who mentioned, talking about a different cleaner, that I'd need the cork modification for it to work on fiberglass--maybe referring to Hayward cork shoes, though I thought he...

I thought the leaves waiting in the shallow end are the treats!!?? The float was 23" from the Rebel. It's supposed to be 25". Terrible! I moved it two inches. From the manual's troubleshooting section, the idea to check if the right wheel can be turned easily by hand. Yes. Also if the swivel...

The saga continues. I've confirmed that the Rebel mostly stays in the deep end. It actually seems to wander a little further towards shallow when I slow it down (2000 rpm) vs. keeping it at the recommended pace, which requires 2300-2500 rpm, but it still strongly favors the deep end. It does get...

LOL back at ya. Excellent points. It does sound like you have more patience (and appropriate plumbing) for ongoing fiddling than I do. My goal is to find two magic pump speeds, one with and one without solar, that will also run the cleaner and skimmer, then figure out how long to run the pump...

At some point years ago, I decided my filter's pressure gauge wasn't telling me much. It never seemed to go up much even when the filter was getting dirty. Maybe because the filter is kinda big for this pool size. I have turned up some notes on rpm, e.g after not cleaning the filer for almost...

The blue vac plate regulator (actually white in my pool) is not manually adjustable--it has a spring that I guess is supposed to keep a little of the skimmer going while giving regulated suction to the hose. I did try removing the skimmer and doing a direct connection to the suction line. That...

@Dirk Thanks very much for those details. Yes, I got the leader hose and float. No, I didn't get a flow meter, but the instruction book says if you're missing that, adjust flow to make the Rebel wheels turn at 16-18 rpm, so that's how I've been testing. I thought about buying one of those inline...

I lucked into a barely-used Pentair Rebel v2 on Craigslist from a couple who backfilled their pool after using it for a couple months. Still early days, but it seems to be doing pretty well. Definitely better than the Kreepy at the middle of the pool, but it usually doesn't climb very far up the...